Tarrant-area scholars announced
The National Merit Scholarship Corp. released on Wednesday the names of winners of corporate-sponsored merit scholarships for 2015.
More than 1,000 U.S. high school seniors won the sholarships financed by about 200 corporations, company foundations and business organizations.
Scholars were selected from students who advanced to the finalist level in the National Merit Scholarship competition. These scholars also met criteria of their scholarship sponsors.
This is the first set of National Merit scholars for 2015. When the year’s competition ends, about 7,600 students will have won National Merit Scholarships worth about $34 million.
Diane Smith, 817-390-7675
Area winners of corporate-sponsored National Merit scholarships
Arlington
Vivian Maithoa Nguyen, electrical engineering, Arlington High School, Lockheed Martin
Colleyville
Emily Katherine de Jong, chemical engineering, Grapevine High School, Corning Inc.
Ryan C. DeWillis, computer science, Grapevine High School, Raytheon
Collin R. Diver, engineering, L.D. Bell High School, Lockheed Martin
Euless
Francesca G. Reece, politics, Trinity High School, PPG Industries Foundation
Fort Worth
Sarah Mockler, business, Paschal High School, Lockheed Martin
Kaitlyn G. Morris, library science, homeschool, Lockheed Martin
Edward Q. Nguyen, computer science, Paschal High School, Lockheed Martin
Wellington Lawton Owen,Paschal High School, Jerry R. Junkins memorial
Grapevine
John P. Moynihan, chemical engineering, Colleyville Heritage High School, BNSF Railway Foundation
Elijah H. Snow, computer science, Carroll High School, Southwest Airlines
Hurst
Erin Jean Ruhlman, biochemistry, Birdville High School, Lockheed Martin
Keller
Akshay Raj Singh, surgical medicine, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Lockheed Martin
North Richland Hills
Mark F. DiSalvi, biomedicine, Richland High School, Textron
Southlake
Richard D. Iannelli, business, Jesuit College Preparatory School, Fluor
Trophy Club
Jason C. Ye, finance, Byron Nelson High School, Novartis
Source: National Merit Scholarship Corp.
This story was originally published April 22, 2015 at 9:00 PM with the headline "Tarrant-area scholars announced."